Re: Still stuck in Cape Coral
 

ToN - not anxious, worn out. A lot of work arranging a boat from 1500 miles away... I had it moved to a different facility to be loaded on the hauler, so it will stay there for 10 days to almost 4 weeks fo the next available hauler to pull it up.

Essentially, the hauler did not take into full account the total lenth with trailer and while I had told him T-top back early on, he thought it was a smaller setup. With the bigger T and the radar it was just too tall to go where it needed and to have room for the primary boat...

Re: Still stuck in Cape Coral
 

John,

Whats the reason you just don't get it yourself?

Re: Still stuck in Cape Coral
 

Time & Money - gas and tolls would be close to what I'm paying [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] (yeh - got a good deal, provided it fits [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] )

Re: Still stuck in Cape Coral
 

Hi John-

Good call on having the 23' hauled up to Rhody. You already know my two stories about hauling boats cross country back to Boston! With gas, uhaul rental, tolls, airline ticket, motels, food, incidental supplies (bearings, tires, beer of course) you're looking at a minimum of $1000-1,200 plus 2-3 days driving time.

I of course am a sucker for punishment and did the two trips more for the "sense of adventure" versus a logical financial cost comparison. Of course, if buying a boat is never a smart financial decision!

Good luck,

Ed

Re: Still stuck in Cape Coral
 

I know - I'm at less than that [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Still stuck in Cape Coral
 

Costs:

finding the project boat that you want on boattrader - hours and hours

driving all night to Miami from Atlanta to beat the crowd - 12 hours

buying the boat and losing a trailer wheel in Miami rush hour traffic 15 minutes after purchase - priceless!

yep, the journey is half the fun/
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